Notes on Psychology of victims
(Argosy University)

FP6525 Psychology of victims. 4th Quarter 2009. Professor: Paul Carver.
Student's presentation:
How not to be victimized (.pdf)
     Most of the photos originate from Internet sources.

External links to books and websites:
The psychology of victimhood
http://www.zurinstitute.com/victimhood.html
Victim pattern
http://www.toddlertime.com/mh/terms/victim.htm
Victim-stance
How to Reduce Victim-Stance
http://www.careerfitnesscoach.com/2009/04/how-to-reduce-victimstance.html
Preventing crime
external link
Breaking the cycle of self-defeating behavior
http://www.malesurvivor.org/ArchivedPages/singer2.html
A review of the book of Burkert
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~Mclennan/BA/HNR.html
Thesaurus cultus et rituum antiquorum (ThesCRA)
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL22625311M/Thesaurus_cultus_et_rituum_antiquorum_%28T
hesCRA%29.
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL8231216M/Thesaurus_Cultus_et_Rituum_Antiquorum
Homo necans: the anthropology of ancient Greek sacrificial ritual and myth
(books.google.com)
Review of a book of Miranda Aldhouse-Green
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2386/is_1_114/ai_102910360/


From the students' discussion at e-course:

Roshan Richards (10-29-09):

        I thought it would be interesting to look up abuse within the Polynesian culture
since this is a culture that is prevalent here in Utah, but one with which I am not as
familiar.  I did start to bring this us in class last time but wanted to expound on it. What I
found on-line was very interesting. Nothing. There is virtually nothing on abuse within
the Polynesian culture, but based on conversations I have had with friends who are of
that ethnicity, what we as continental Americans consider to be abuse is rampant and
encouraged within the Polynesian culture.  I found only one article that even broached
the subject by Jane and James Ritchie from the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New
Zealand, entitled, "Polynesian Child Rearing: An Alternative Model," in the Journal of
Family and Economic Issues, Volume 5, Number 3 / March, 1983. Yes, 1983. It talks
about ways in which child rearing generally takes place within the Polynesian cultures,
and it is shocking to the standards I grew up with.  Take for example a situation that a
Hawaiian friend of mine told me about. He said he lived with his grandparents while he
was in his teens because his father was very verbally and physically abusive. While he
was living at his grandparents, a place he felt was safe, his uncle and his family moved
in with them for a while. One day, his cousin who was about 10 years old had forgotten
to pick up his shoes out of the middle of the floor. The boy's father, upon learning of
this called for the boy in a jovial manner and gathered the rest of the family around. He
asked the boy in the same jovial manner if those were his shoes and if he had been
asked to pick them up. The boy responded with his head down that he had. The father
then asked the boy to pick up one of the red shoes and hand it to him, and continuing
in his lighthearted manner asked the other kids what should be done about this. The
whole family started chanting and yelling out, "Beat him with the shoe. Lick him with it."
The dad then began beating the boy with his own shoe while yelling at him that he
wasn't a child and should pick up his own crap and shouldn't have to be reminded
twice.  My friend, who is currently in counseling for the PTSD he is suffering from his
father's hand almost 15 years ago, said he lost respect for his uncle that day. My friend
is on the verge of losing his marriage because he is abusive verbally and sometimes
physically with his family. He told me that this is a common occurrence within the
Polynesian culture. That put-downs and physical violence is considered good
parenting.  So here is my question. I understand that when dealing with others' cultures
that we have to be respectful and help them to understand the laws of the land so there
aren't legal reprocussions and all of that. But obviously this abuse (and it is abuse)
within this particular culture that is perpetuated from generation to generation is
causing severe trauma and dysfunction in people. Why is it not studied more?! Is there
such a blanket of silence that it is impossible or is it more that people don't want to see
it and deal with it like Freud with his hysterical, sexually abused women?  Anyway, this is
a very tender spot for the Polynesian culture and would have to be handled quite
delicately in therapy. My thoughts are that it would definitely have to be an avenue to
explore with anyone from that culture.